AND NOW ALBUQUERQUE WILL HAVE ITS TURN TO SEE THE DOCUMENTARY ''TAPIA'' ... A STORY TOLD THROUGH THE WORDS OF WORLD CHAMPION BOXER JOHNNY TAPIA... KOAT ACTION 7 SPORTS DIRECTOR ORLANDO SANCHEZ WATCHED THE FILM TODAY ... you'd see tears you'd see joy you'd see people say I didn't know he was like that I didn't know so much about him, there's so much more. THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK TERESA TAPIA RECEIVED FOLLOWING SOLD OUT THEATRES IN L-A AND SANTA FE... NOW THE DOCUMENTARY ''TAPIA'' MAKES ITS DEBUT IN THE HOMETOWN OF FIVE TIME WORLD CHAMPION BOXER JOHNNY TAPIA... he'd go fight in Europe and people would say Albuquerque they couldn't pronounce it right but they'd say Albuquerque they all knew he was so proud he was from this state. mariachi music THE FILM TAKES YOU THROUGH THE INCREDIBLY HIGH AND LOW POINTS OF HIS LIFE ...IN AND OUT OF THE RING... IN HIS OWN WORDS ... WITH THE FINAL INTERVIEW COMING JUST A MONTH BEFORE HE DIED OF HEART OF FAILURE... it was closure in my heart and in my soul THE DOCUMENTARY WILL BE SHOWN ON FEBRUARY 13TH AT THE HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER... PART OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ... people are going to be disappointed because it's a one time showing The Johnny Tapia foundation we've teamed with the storehouse and we want to donate money just something after Johnny's heart you know helping people so that's all this is. WHILE TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST FOR THE ONE TIME SHOWING... GET USED TO SEEING JOHNNY TAPIA ON THE BIG SCREEN... this was footage being taken for his feature film that's going to start called johnny and they were doing research for that movie and unfortunately Johnny passed during their last interview with him AS FAR AS THE DOCUMENTARY GOES... TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST...OVER 400 TICKETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOLD... YOU CAN GET THEM AT THE NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER OR AT THEIR WEBSITE...